"Pedosphaera parvula" Ellin514 is an aerobically grown verrucomicrobial isolate from pasture soil. It is one of the few cultured representatives of subdivision 3 of the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Members of this group are widespread in terrestrial environments.
Kant R, van Passel MW, Sangwan P, Palva A, Lucas S, Copeland A, Lapidus A, Glavina Del Rio T, Dalin E, Tice H, Bruce D, Goodwin L, Pitluck S, Chertkov O, Larimer FW, Land ML, Hauser L, Brettin TS, Detter JC, Han S, de Vos WM, Janssen PH, Smidt H (2011) Genome sequence of Pedosphaera parvula Ellin514, an aerobic Verrucomicrobial isolate from pasture soil Journal of Bacteriology193: 2900-1
Kant R, van Passel MW, Sangwan P, Palva A, Lucas S, Copeland A, Lapidus A, Glavina Del Rio T, Dalin E, Tice H, Bruce D, Goodwin L, Pitluck S, Chertkov O, Larimer FW, Land ML, Hauser L, Brettin TS, Detter JC, Han S, de Vos WM, Janssen PH, Smidt H (2011) Journal of Bacteriology193: 2900-1